It's fangirling all the way down

Mercedes. 38. Philadelphia. X-Men geek. Socially awkward. Pseudo-Zen. Left-handed. I put whatever I want on here and I can't be bothered to tag things 95% of the time.

[spasticatt]

ALL HAIL THE KING

[onenillup]

Rogue and Gambit by Clay Mann

What are they staring at? Hmmm…

[mackdaddyofthecravate]

Please return us to a world where Notp and squick are used for a ship you don’t like instead of just making up a load of bullshit about how immoral it is or w/e lol 

[sazandorable]

a short selection of concepts and phrases that used to be commonplace in fandom and we’d really benefit from making that a thing again:

NOTP: the opposite of an OTP (One True Pairing). It is a ship a fan strongly dislikes. The word is a portmanteau of ‘no’ and ‘OTP’ and thus is not a contraction of any particular phrase.

Squick: anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off. Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person’s kink may be another person’s squick.

YKINMKATO, or kink-tomato: Your Kink Is Not My Kink, And That’s Okay: used to indicate support for fannish diversity and to distinguish between disapproval or kink shaming and simply having different taste.

DLDR: Don’t Like, Don’t Read: a phrase used to warn against complaints about an aspect of fic or meta. A “live and let live” philosophy of fandom, which places the responsability for avoiding content one doesn’t want to see on the side of the fanwork consumer, rather that on the creator’s.

SALS: Ship And Let Ship: similar to the above specifically about shipping tastes.

YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary: a phrase used to acknowledge that any given individual’s personal opinion on the topic at hand may differ due to their own tastes, standards, values, experiences, etc.

As the OP points out, all of these crucially imply no moral judgment of what they’re designing.

(definitions lifted more or less wholesale from fanlore’s relevant pages)

[shatterpath]

bring the healthy fun back to fandom!

[houseofgambit]

Gambit and Rogue

X-Men Evolution

[beastliness]

more people need to give themselves permission to write and draw pornography

[beastliness]

it is virtuous and necessary that you write, draw, and distribute pornography

[radfemart]

can we start with not conflating "erotic/sexual art or writing" with pornography

[beastliness]

no lmao

[rogueslove]

X-Treme X-Men (2001) #17

[super-hero-confessions]

[goatatemynametag]

FUCK HAVING TO BE AT WORK AND EARNING MONEY WHILE X-MEN 97 SEASON 2 OFFICIALLY EXISTS

[goatatemynametag]

I am literally having trouble processing that there are less than 24 hours until we have new X-Men 97.

[goatatemynametag]

Oh you mean having a 40 year old as your goalkeeper is a bad idea?

[punkerduckiememes]

[cheese24k]

[muppetmayhem]

Friendly reminder classic moments like these with the kids are entirely unscripted.

[321redlightt-deactivated2016010]

my heart exploded

[punkerduckiememes]

[nyxespa]

Goth Rogue 🥹🥹

This was heavily inspired by siouxsie sioux!

[courtmartialme]

i know everyone is tired of hearing it from me but i'll never be free from how people think you can only ship a het ship WOKELY if the man is a pathetic useless idiot and the girl babysits and pegs him and has the personality of a door. i promise you won't get your woke card revoked if you spend five minutes of your time to consider the girl has a personality and the guy might be a competent person. and maybe she likes getting dicked down and is a little pathetic too. have you considered also liking the girl and maybe wanting her to be a spoiled baby too? also I'll Kill You

[slob-herman]

[newtype-lila]

rb to tell prev they're being so brave right now and pat their head a little please